Three Mexicans admit being part of group smuggling migrants into U.S. from Canada
The men admitted helping move hundreds of migrants for profit and face 5 to 15 years in prison, officials said.
- On Monday, July 20, Mexican nationals Ignacio Diaz-Perez , Samuel Diaz-Perez , and Salvador Diaz-Diaz pleaded guilty to conspiracy to commit alien smuggling and multiple counts of smuggling for financial gain in the Northern District of New York.
- Homeland Security Investigations Rouses Point and Border Patrol Burke Station agents investigated the operation in the remote Swanton Sector, covering 24,000 square miles across Vermont, New York, and New Hampshire during record-breaking border activity in 2023.
- The defendants personally coordinated smuggling events, hiring drivers to transport foreign nationals after illegal entry; one May 2023 incident involved a high-speed chase stopped by sheriff's deputies using a tire deflation device after the driver fled Border Patrol.
- HSI Deputy Executive Associate Director Matthew Millhollin said smugglers 'expose vulnerable individuals to dangerous conditions, exploitation, and even death.' Swanton Sector Acting Chief Patrol Agent Richard Fortunato warned those breaking immigration law will be prosecuted to the fullest extent.
- The convictions are part of a broader crackdown involving 60 people prosecuted for border crimes in Vermont's Swanton Sector, with agents apprehending more illegal crossers on the 295-mile Canada-U.S. border in recent months than the previous four years combined.
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3 Mexicans Plead Guilty to Being Part of Ring Smuggling Migrants Into US From Canada
Three Mexican nationals have pleaded guilty to being part of a human smuggling operation that transported aliens from Mexico and Central and South America into the United States from Canada, U.S. officials say. The three men were involved in an organization that smuggled hundreds of people into the United States, the U.S. Justice Department said in a press release this week. The organization hired drivers to transport the illegal aliens deeper i…
Three men plead guilty to human smuggling across Canada's border into U.S.
Three Mexican nationals living illegally in the United States have pleaded guilty to being part of a crime organization that smuggled people from Mexico, Central and South America into Canada and then across the border into the U.S. According to court documents, Ignacio Diaz-Perez, 37, Samuel Diaz-Perez, 27, and Salvador Diaz-Diaz, 34, were part of an alien smuggling organization (ASO) that brought hundreds of illegal migrants into the U.S. “Onc…
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Three Mexicans admit being part of group smuggling migrants into U.S. from Canada
U.S. officials say three Mexicans have pleaded guilty to being part of a human smuggling ring that brought people into the United States from Canada.
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